Technetium-99m N,N'-Bis(2-mercapto-2-methylpropyl)-2-aminobenzylamine: Technetium-99m Complexes of a Novel Bis(aminoethanethiol) Ligand
作者:Lynn C. Francesconi、Yun Y. Yang、Mei-Ping Kung、Xiao X. Zhang、Jeffrey J. Billings、Yu-Zhi Guo、Hank F. Kung
DOI:10.1021/jm00046a012
日期:1994.9
A new N2S2 ligand system, N,N'-bis(2-mercapto-2-methylpropyl)-2-aminobenzylamine, U-BAT, 1, containing uneven amine groups (two amine groups with different pK(a) values) for complexing [(TcO)-O-V](3+), was prepared. The reaction of this novel ligand with [Tc-99m]pertechnetate, in the presence of stannous tartrate as the reducing agent, produces the neutral and lipid-soluble [Tc-99m](TcO)-O-V(U-BAT), TcS2C15H23N2O, 2. However, when the same reaction was carried out at a higher pH, 9-10, and with 30 min of heating (100 degrees C), a second neutral but more lipid-soluble complex, [Tc-99m](TcO)-O-V(OU-BAT), TcS2C15H21N2O, 3, was isolated. The X-ray crystallography data of the Tc-99 complexes show square pyramidal coordination with N2S2 as the base and the Tc=O in the apical position. Compound 3 can be derived from 2 by an oxidation of the ligand to form an imine. After iv injection into rats, the neutral and lipid-soluble technetium-99m complexes showed significant brain uptake, 1.54 and 1.07% dose/organ at 2 min for [Tc-99m](TcO)-O-V(U-BAT) and (TcO)-O-V(OU-BAT), respectively. The novel Tc chemistry of this new ligand system may provide a useful foundation for designing Tc complexes with a built-in redox mechanism.